Crib cover



March 9, 1943. J. GURKE CRIB COVER Filed March 29, 1941 47070; (Zunke IN V EN TOR.

Patented Mar. 9, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CRIB COVER- John Gurke, Bethesda, Md.

Application March 29, 1941, Serial No. 385,934

1 Claim. '(Cl. 336) This invention relates to a crib cover and is designed more especially for use both as a cover and as a holding means for small infants.

The problem of securing an infant in a crib and also preventing the cover from being pulled over the head or forced 01f of the child, is one which has caused considerable concern to parcuts, and various means have been devised for that purpose. In most cases, however, the cover has been in the form of a garment into which limbs of the child have been inserted and structures of that type have not only been complicated but have also been expensive.

An object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive cover which can be attached readily to a crib and, after being placed thereon and secured, can be opened to receive the infant and thereafter closed so as not only to cover all portions of the infant except the head, but also prevent the child from getting under the cover or working itself out of proper position.

A further object is to provide a cover of this type which can be adjusted readily to children of different sizes so that any small child can be properly held without discomfort.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of the cover.

Figure 2 is an enlarged section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, l designates a cover of any suitable ma terial such as wool, the same being of such size as to properly cover the mattress or pad on which the child is to be placed. This cover is provided with side aprons 2 and an end apron 3 and also, at convenient points, with tie cords or tapes 4. The aprons 2 are adapted to hang at the sides of the bed while the apron 3 is adapted to be tucked in at the foot. When the cover is thus located the cords 4 can be used for fastening the cover readily to the sides and ends of the crib.

That end of the cover remote from the end apron 3 is preferably formed with a central recess or cut-away portion 5 from which is extended a longitudinal fly 6 which can be held closed by any desired fastening means. In the drawing buttons 1 have been shown for this purpose but obviously a fastener of the zipper type could be used or any other eflicient means employed.

The fiy'opening is of such length as to permit a small child to be placed readily on a pad or mattress when the cover is open at the fly.

Extending transversely of the fly and under the cover is a band 8 which can be formed of a material similar to that of the cover and this band is fastened at one end to the cover as indicated at 9, stitches being preferably used for this purpose. The band is adjustably connected adjacent to its ends to the cover so as to adapt it to children of diiferent girths. One way in which the band can be adjustably connected is to provide parallel slits Ill in the. cover at opposite sides of the fly opening. The band 8 can be inserted downwardly through any one of these slits at one side of the fly and thence upwardly through any one of the slits at the opposite side of the fly after which the free end of the band can be detachably fastened to the cover in any manner desired, as by means of snap fasteners In practice the cover is placed on the crib with the aprons extending downwardly and the cover is then secured in place by means of the tie devices 4. The fly 6 is opened and the band 8 is inserted through those slits In which wil1 leave an area between the band 8 and the cover of sufficient proportions to embrace an infant comfortably. The infant is then placed in the fly opening and on the band after which the fly is closed. Obviously by providing a means such as herein described the infant is prevented from changing its position so as to bring its head under the cover and is also prevented from kicking the cover off of the body.

Obviously other means might be used for ad justably connecting the band to the cover.

What is claimed:

A device of the class described including an imperforate cover recessed in one end to embrace but not surround the neck of an infant when positioned under the cover, means for attaching the cover to the sides of a crib or the like, there being a fly opening extending into the cover from the end recess, said fly opening being of such length as to permit lowering of an infant therethrough when the fly is open, means for closing the fly opening, a band extending transversely beneath the fly opening for emgirths, said means including parallel slots in the bracing a portion of the back of an infant posicover at opposite sides of the fly opening, the tioned under the cover, and means for adjustband being extended through predetermined ably connecting the end portions of the band slots from the top of the cover, the connecting to the cover thereby to provide an infant-en- 5 means at one end of the band being detachable. gaging loop adaptable to infants of different JOHN GURKE. 

